United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit for wages to which plaintiff claimed entitlement under the Family Medical Leave Act and a collective bargaining agreement, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the FMLA does not provide for paid leave; 2) the FMLA does not dictate the wage rate for an employee to receive while on light duty under a workers' compensation plan; and 3) plaintiff did not establish that light duty was a classification under the CBA or that she was employed in light duty on a temporary basis.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/13/2007
• Decided 08/06/2007
• Published 08/06/2007

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John D. Pierce (argued), Pierce, Pierce & Stites, Rockville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan L. McLaughlin (argued), Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.